Stage Review

All Shook Up (2005)

EW's GRADE
B+

Details Opening Date: Mar 24, 2005; Lead Performance: Cheyenne Jackson; Writer: Joe DiPietro; Director: Christopher Ashley

In this whimsical tribute to Elvis Presley's music, small-town fools rush in to a tangled web of romantic comedy that marries the King to the Bard. When Chad (Cheyenne Jackson), a guitar-toting roustabout with blue suede shoes, blows into a tumbleweed town suffocating with morality, his pelvic thrusts jar the repressed residents into following their dreams. Natalie, the motherless motorcycle mechanic, falls for Chad, who falls for Miss Sandra, who falls for Ed, who is really (Twelfth Night alert) Natalie disguised as a man. While songs like ''Jailhouse Rock'' and ''A Little Less Conversation'' are the stars, Joe DiPietro's piquant script gives the show a freshness that old Elvis movies never had.

Originally posted Mar 28, 2005 Published in issue #813 Apr 01, 2005 Order article reprints

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